Guest Review: Marisa’s Pizza

Hoboken411 reader “JJ” is becoming a bit of a regular contributor these days! (who’s reviewed Zylo Steakhouse and Club KO already!) – Today he rings up a fresh perspective on Marisa’s Pizza in Hoboken!

JJ Likes Marisa’a Pizza!

I stopped in to brand-new Marisa’s Pizza (100 Hudson Street – where Quiznos used to be) with the intention of including them in another piece I’m working on for 411, but the place proved enjoyable enough for a feature all their own!

To be up-front with you guys, I know everyone has their favorite pizza joint in town; and in theory there’s already enough good pizza in Hoboken; however I’d rather see a family run place like this than a chain/franchise restaurant, or another useless bank or cell phone store. And it is family run; the owners are authentic Italian, and one of them is even born-and-raised if that matters.

Marisa’s is spotlessly clean and bright, and has the same basic set-up the old Quiznos did: tables on the left wall, some nice outdoor seating, and a large display case. Everything they had out looked mouth-watering, and everything was clearly labeled with price and exactly what it was so there was no guessing. After chatting up co-owners Dina and Ottavia, I ordered a chicken roll and a single slice.

The chicken roll ($6.95 menu price but “on sale” for $4.95) was absolutely delicious with nice soft dough, loads of cheese and stuffed with perfectly cooked, moist breaded chicken breast. I love chicken rolls but too often the chicken tastes dry to me, but not here; this was very fresh. It was accompanied by a cup of sauce that was too thin for my taste; I prefer sauce to be a bit chunkier and thicker for dipping(follow up note: I liked the chicken roll so much I went back the next day for another one, and this time the sauce was noticeably thicker). Then it was on to the pizza($2.75 plain slice). The sauce was fine here, and the pizza was just how I like it, lots of cheese, not too much sauce, on a thin crust that was just perfect–not too crisp, not too soggy.

Besides the pizza they offer a fairly extensive menu with the usual pasta and sandwiches but also some unexpected items like lobster ravioli and seafood rice balls.; there’s also some nice looking outsourced desserts. Everyone is very friendly and willing to stop and chat; stop in and give Marisa’s a try.

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I’ve been several times since they have opened, only had the pizza but it was very good and the staff was very friendly – looked like they were all family. I’d recommend over the other pizza places within the two block radius (Imposto’s, Roma, soon to be Hoboken Pizza once they open back up)

I’d go to Roma if you like doughy slices, but I like them crispy, so I prefer Marisa’s….If you like drunk out of towners, go to Imposto’s.

impostos is a disgrace to the food industry and about as authentic italian as the olive garden. it’s dirty and it’s gross; what an embarrassment. if not for 23 year old wasted kids who would eat cardboard at 4am, the place wouldn’t exist.

a Yorkie wearing a Santa hat. His name is Joey and he is my dad’s dog 15 year old dog that I am fostering (for the past 3 years). One of these day’s I will admit it’s mine but I have two of my own already.

a Yorkie wearing a Santa hat. His name is Joey and he is my dad’s dog 15 year old dog that I am fostering (for the past 3 years). One of these day’s I will admit it’s mine but I have two of my own already.

Ordered from here tonight. Very disappointing. I was excited after reading the reviews and was surprised when i got the food. Everything was cold, the pizza was disgusting, no sauce, chewy and ice cold with congealed cheese and oil floating on top. The chicken parm was gross with a weird flavor that was almost smokey, like it was cooking with something else. The breading on the chicken was soggy and falling off and the roll was terrible. We also got some rolls which were the saving grace of the place, the meatball roll was very good as was the pepperoni.

As noted above, it is the best pizza within two blocks, but that’s not a hard contest to win. I’m not sure there is such a thing as good re-heated pizza slices. I had the lasagne pizza, interesting and tasty. The pepperoni bites are great!

2 Rice balls were $13! Need I say more? I asked if they were serious….they said yes. I said seems pretty high. They then told me it came w salad and bread. I found that funny since they had wrapped it for my takeout without any salad or bread. They just mentioned when I asked about price. Needless to say….I wont be returning…